Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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George Whitfield, D. D. ,OCTOR WHITFIELD was born near Clinton, Miss., in 1830. His father was Reverend Benjamin Whitfield, who came from North Carolina to Mississippi in 1823 and who was himself a member of the Board of Tru stees from the time the Baptists took charge of the College until his death in 1871. During most of the time he was president of the Board. Dr. George Whitfield lived on the farm and attended country schools in his boyhood and in 1851 was graduated from Colum- bian University, Washington, D. C. In 1866 he was married to Miss Amelia Hatch. He has four sons, all graduates of Mississippi College, and one daughter, who is a graduate of Hill- man College. Doctor Whitfield has been an active member of the Board ot Trustees for the past thirty years. During most of that time he has also been a member of the Board of Ministerial Education, for many years he was secretary of the latter Board and during a part of the time its treasurer also. He supervised the building of two of the minister’s cottages on the campus; one of which is called “The Whitfield Cottage,” in his honor. He also supervised the building of two professor’s residences. Doctor Whitfield’s marriage to Miss Mildred Foster occurred in 1898. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the Board of T rustees of Mississippi College. While Doctor Whitfield was a large slave-owner he is a warm friend ot the negro race, which he manifests by often preaching to them and taking an interest in them in other ways. He is now seventy-nine years old, but he is vigorous and active; teaches a Sunday School class; is clerk of his church and is rarely absent from church, prayer meeting, Sunday School or the meeting of his district association, or the Baptist State Convention. May the sun of his life set without a cloud to obscure the sky. 3 1

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Z. Wardlaw M R. Z. WARDLAW, the subject of this sketch, was horn in Warren County, December 22 , 1844 He descended from an old and well known Scotch family. His early education was limited to the common schools, having been cut short by the opening of the war. With the enthusiasm of youth he espoused the cause of the Confederacy, entering as a private in Company B, Twenty-second Mississippi Regiment and serving faithfully until the end. After the war he attended a Business College in New Orleans, La., from which he was graduated in 1866. He then engaged in business in Memphis, Tenn. In 1871 he was mar- ried to Miss Laura A. Cook, a native of Mississippi. In 1882 he, with his wife and three children, moved to Utica, Miss., where he has always served faithfully in his church. In all of these years he has been very much interested in Mississippi Col- lege and all Baptist enterprises, always extending his hearty support. He has served as a trustee for over twenty-five years. 3 °

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W. A. McComb, D. D. W ILLIAM ANDREW McCOMB, son of Doctor H. H. and Mrs. M. J. McComb, was born near Hattiesburg in Perry County, Miss. Was graduated from Mississippi College taking B. A. and M. A., captain Mississippi College Rifles, anniversarian Philomathean Society. Attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also Theological Seminaries at Rochester and at Morgan Park, 111 . Held pastorates at Corinth, Miss.; Eureka Springs, Ark.; Plano, lexas, Crystal Springs, Miss.; Gloster, Miss., and Alexandria, La. He is now an Evangelist under the Home Mission Board. His ministenal work has always been crowned with marvelous success. His charming wife was Miss May Willis, of Eureka Springs, Ark. They have two attractive little daughters, Catherine and Agnes, aged respectively thirteen and eleven. Doctor McComb has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1903. 32